Heifetz On Air:

Heifetz for the Holidays

Happy Holidays! This episode features Heifetz faculty, alums, and special guests perform beloved carols, Baroque gems, and custom arrangements of holiday classics, played in Heifetz Holiday Tour stops in Baltimore, Washington, and beyond, and capped off with the annual Heifetz Holiday Homecoming concert in Staunton, Virginia.

This Episode’s Playlist

Trad, arr. Alasdair Fraser: Shetland Set:
Christmas Day Ida Moarnin/Lady Spence’s Reel/Sleep Soond

Kiarra Saito-Beckman, violin
Zhihao Wu, cello
Blackfriars Playhouse, American Shakespeare Center, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.10.2018

Tchaikovsky, arr. Lynne Latham: Nutcracker Suite
I. Overture
II. March
III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
IV. Arabian Dance
V. Trepak

Danny Yehun Jin, violin
Kiarra Saito-Beckman, violin
Matt Cohen, viola
Zhihao Wu, cello
Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC, Baltimore, MD
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.16.2018

Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a
XII. December [EXCERPT]
Stefan Petrov, piano
Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC, Baltimore, MD
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.17.2017

Antonio Vivaldi: Christmas Concerto in B-flat, RV 270
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro

Angela Chan, violin solo
Julia Angelov, violin
Kayleigh Kim, violin
Matt Cohen, viola
Dilshod Narzillaev, cello
Kreeger Museum of Art, Washington, DC
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.19.2019

Anon: Greensleeves, to a Ground

Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.19.2019

Trad., arr Matthew Naughtin: Christmas Feast: Five Ancient Carols for Strings
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gaudete
Carol of the Bagpipers
Coventry Carol
Verbum Caro Factum Est

Jihyun Baik, violin
Julia Angelov, violin
Jane Taerim Kim, viola
Rachel Taylor, cello
Horowitz Theatre, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.10.2023

Arcangelo Corelli: “Christmas” Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8
I: Vivace – Grave: Arcate, sostenuto e come sta
II: Allegro
III: Adagio-Allegro-Adagio
IV: Vivace
V: Allegro
VI: Largo. Pastorale ad libitum

Chloé Kiffer, violin
Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
Ji-Won Song, violin
Nikita Borisevich, violin
Andrew Gonzalez, viola
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Nicholas Mariscal, cello
Stefan Petrov, harpsichord
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.18.2015

Mikola Leontovych: Ukrainian Bell Carol

Minchae Kim, violin
SoHyun Ko, violin
Jerome McCoy, viola
Dilshod Narzillaev, cello
WTJU Studios, Charlottesville, VA
WTJU Recording | 12.08.2022

Irving Berlin, arr. Nate Sabat after Jascha Heifetz: White Christmas

Chloé Kiffer, violin
Stefan Petrov, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.18.2015

Go Deeper

View the 2023 Heifetz Holiday Homecoming, recorded in the friendly confines of Francis Auditorium, on the Mary Baldwin University campus in Staunton, VA.

Listen to the special holiday broadcast on A LIttle Day Music with WVTF Music host Luke Currie, featuring our 2023 Heifetz Holiday Tour troupe in the WVTF Performance Studio!